List of Drosera species
The following list of Drosera species includes all species and nothospecies within the genus Drosera that are accepted as of October 2024. This list contains species and nothospecies.
| Species | Authority | Year | Vernacular name | Distribution | Image |
| Drosera aberrans | Lowrie & Conran | 2008 | |||
| Drosera acaulis | L.f. | 1781 | Stemless sundew | South Africa | |
| Drosera adelae | F.Muell. | 1864 | Adelaide sundew, lance-leaved sundew | ||
| Drosera admirabilis | Debbert | 1987 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera affinis | Welw. ex Oliv. | 1871 | African tropics | ||
| Drosera alba | Phillips | 1913 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera albonotata | A.S.Rob., A.T.Cross, Meisterl & A.Fleischm. | 2018 | Australia | ||
| Drosera aliciae | Raym.-Hamet | 1905 | Alice sundew | South Africa | |
| Drosera allantostigma | Lowrie & Conran | 2007 | |||
| Drosera amazonica | Rivadavia, A.Fleischm. & Vicent. | 2009 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera andersoniana | W.Fitzg. ex Ewart & Jean White | 1909 | Sturdy sundew | ||
| Drosera androsacea | Diels | 1904 | Cone sundew | ||
| Drosera anglica | Huds. | 1778 | English sundew, great sundew | circumboreal North America, Europe, and Asia | |
| Drosera aquatica | Lowrie | 1834 | Australia | ||
| Drosera arachnoides | Rakotoar. & A.Fleischm. | 2020 | Madagascar | ||
| Drosera arcturi | Hook. | 1834 | |||
| Drosera arenicola | Steyerm. | 1952 | Venezuela | ||
| Drosera ascendens | A.St.-Hil. | 1826 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera atrata | T.Krueger, A.Fleischm. & Bourke | 2023 | Australia | ||
| Drosera atrostyla | Debbert | 1991 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera aurantiaca | Lowrie | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera auriculata | Backh. ex Planch. | 1848 | Australia and New Zealand | ||
| Drosera australis | Lowrie & Conran | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera × badgerupii | Cheek | 1993 | Australia | ||
| Drosera × badgingarra | Lowrie & Conran | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera banksii | R.Br. ex DC. | 1824 | Banks' sundew | Australia and New Guinea | |
| Drosera barbigera | Planch. | 1848 | Australia | ||
| Drosera barrettiorum | Lowrie | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera basifolia | Lowrie | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera bequaertii | Taton | 1945 | Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||
| Drosera bicolor | Lowrie & Carlquist | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera biflora | Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. | 1820 | Venezuela | ||
| Drosera binata | Labill. | 1804 | Fork-leaved sundew | Australia and New Zealand | |
| Drosera bindoon | Lowrie | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera × bockowskii | Scholl | 2022 | US | ||
| Drosera brevicornis | Lowrie | 1996 | Australia | ||
| Drosera brevifolia | Pursh | 1814 | Dwarf sundew, small sundew, red sundew | North America, Central America, and South America | |
| Drosera broomensis | Lowrie | 1996 | Australia | ||
| Drosera browniana | Lowrie & N.G.Marchant | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera bulbigena | Morrison | 1903 | Midget sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera bulbosa | Hook. | 1841 | Red-leaved sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera burkeana | Planch. | 1848 | African tropics | ||
| Drosera burmanni | Vahl | 1794 | Tropical sundew | Australia and Southeast Asia | |
| Drosera buubugujin | Michael T. Mathieson | 2020 | Australia | ||
| Drosera caduca | Lowrie | 1996 | Australia | ||
| Drosera × californica | Cheek | 1993 | US | ||
| Drosera callistos | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera calycina | Planch. | 1848 | Australia | ||
| Drosera camporupestris | Rivadavia | 2003 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera capensis | L. | 1753 | Cape sundew | South Africa | |
| Drosera capillaris | Poir. | 1804 | Pink sundew, spathulate-leaved sundew | North America, Central America, and South America | |
| Drosera × carbarup | Lowrie & Conran | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera cayennensis | Sagot ex Diels | 1906 | Brazil, French Guiana, and Venezuela | ||
| Drosera cendeensis | Tamayo & Croizat | 1949 | Venezuela | ||
| Drosera chimaera | Gonella & Rivadavia | 2014 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera chrysolepis | Taub. | 1893 | Brazil and Peru | ||
| Drosera cistiflora | L. | 1760 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera citrina | Lowrie & Carlquist | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera closterostigma | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera coalara | Lowrie & Conran | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera coccipetala | Debbert | 2002 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera collina | Lowrie | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera collinsiae | N.E.Br. ex Burtt Davy | 1924 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera communis | A.St.-Hil. | 1824 | Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, and Venezuela | ||
| Drosera condor | P. Gonella, A. Fleischmann, F. Rivadavia, D. Neill, & P. Sano | 2016 | Peru and Ecuador | ||
| Drosera coomallo | Lowrie & Conran | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera × corinthiaca | R.A.Gibson & E.Green | 1999 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera cucullata | Lowrie | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera cuneifolia | L.f. | 1781 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera curvipes | Planch. | 1848 | South Africa, Eswatini | ||
| Drosera darwinensis | Lowrie | 1996 | Australia | ||
| Drosera depauperata | Lowrie & Conran | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera derbyensis | Lowrie | 1996 | Australia | ||
| Drosera dichrosepala | Turcz. | 1854 | Rusty sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera dielsiana | Exell & J.R.Laundon | 1956 | Southern Africa | ||
| Drosera dilatatopetiolaris | K.Kondo | 1984 | Australia | ||
| Drosera drummondii | Planch. | 1848 | Australia | ||
| Drosera echinoblastus | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera × eloisiana | T.S.Bailey | 2015 | Europe, North America | ||
| Drosera elongata | Exell & J.R.Laundon | 1955 | Angola | ||
| Drosera eneabba | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera enodes | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera eremaea | Lowrie & Conran | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera ericgreenii | A.Fleischm., R.P.Gibson & Rivadavia | 2008 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera erythrogyne | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera erythrorhiza | Lindl. | 1839 | Red ink sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera esmeraldae | Maguire & Wurdack | 1957 | Colombia, Venezuela | ||
| Drosera esperensis | Lowrie | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera esterhuyseniae | Debbert | 1991 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera falconeri | Tsang ex K.Kondo | 1984 | Australia | ||
| Drosera felix | Steyerm. & L.B.Sm. | 1974 | Venezuela | ||
| Drosera filiformis | Raf. | 1808 | Thread-leaved sundew | North America | |
| Drosera fimbriata | DeBuhr | 1975 | Manypeaks sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera finlaysoniana | Wall. ex Arn. | 1837 | Australia | ||
| Drosera flexicaulis | Welw. ex Oliv. | 1871 | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola | ||
| Drosera × fontinalis | Rivadavia | 2009 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera fragrans | Lowrie | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera fulva | Planch. | 1848 | Australia | ||
| Drosera geniculata | Lowrie | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera gibsonii | P.Mann | 2007 | Australia | ||
| Drosera gigantea | Lindl. | 1839 | Giant sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera glabripes | Stein | 1886 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera glabriscapa | Lowrie | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera glanduligera | Lehm. | 1844 | Pimpernel sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera gracilis | Hook.f. ex Planch. | 1848 | New Guinea, Australia | ||
| Drosera graminifolia | A.St.-Hil. | 1824 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera graniticola | N.G.Marchant | 1982 | Australia | ||
| Drosera grantsaui | Rivadavia | 2003 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera graomogolensis | T.R.S.Silva | 1997 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera grievei | Lowrie & N.G.Marchant | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera gunniana | de Salas | 2018 | Australia | ||
| Drosera hamiltonii | C.R.P.Andrews | 1903 | Rosy sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera hartmeyerorum | Schlauer | 2001 | Australia | ||
| Drosera helodes | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera heterophylla | Lindl. | 1839 | Swamp rainbow | Australia | |
| Drosera hilaris | Cham. & Schltdl. | 1826 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera hirsuta | Lowrie & Conran | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera hirtella | A.St.-Hil. | 1824 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera hirticalyx | R.Duno & Culham | 1995 | Venezuela | ||
| Drosera hookeri | R.P.Gibson, B.J.Conn & Conran | 2010 | Australia | ||
| Drosera hortiorum | T.Krueger & Bourke | 2023 | Australia | ||
| Drosera huegelii | Endl. | 1837 | Bold sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera humbertii | Exell & J.R.Laundon | 1956 | Madagascar | ||
| Drosera humilis | Planch. | 1848 | Australia | ||
| Drosera × hybrida | Macfarl. | 1899 | USA | ||
| Drosera hyperostigma | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera indica | L. | 1753 | Indian sundew | Tropical Africa, Asia, and Australia | |
| Drosera indumenta | Lowrie & Conran | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera intermedia | Hayne | 1800 | Oblong-leaved sundew, spoonleaf sundew | temperate Europe, North America, South America | |
| Drosera intricata | Planch. | 1848 | Australia | ||
| Drosera kaieteurensis | Brumm.-Ding. | 1955 | Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela | ||
| Drosera katangensis | Taton | 1945 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||
| Drosera kenneallyi | Lowrie | 1996 | Australia | ||
| Drosera koikyennuruff | T.Krueger & A.S.Rob. | 2023 | Australia | ||
| Drosera lanata | K.Kondo | 1984 | Australia | ||
| Drosera lasiantha | Lowrie & Carlquist | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera latifolia | Gonella & Rivadavia | 2014 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera × legrandii | Lowrie & Conran | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera leioblastus | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera leucoblasta | Benth. | 1864 | Wheel sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera leucostigma | Lowrie & Conran | 2007 | Australia | ||
| Drosera linearis | Goldie | 1822 | Slenderleaf sundew | North America | |
| Drosera × linglica | Kusak. ex R.Gauthier & Gervai | 1999 | North America | ||
| Drosera lowriei | N.G.Marchant | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera lunata | Buch.-Ham. ex DC. | 1824 | Asia, Australia | ||
| Drosera lutescens | Gonella, Rivadavia & A.Fleischm. | 2022 | Bolivia, Brazil | ||
| Drosera maanyaa-gooljoo | A.Fleischm. & T.Krueger | 2023 | Australia | ||
| Drosera macrantha | Endl. | 1837 | Bridal rainbow | Australia | |
| Drosera macropetala | T.Krueger & A.Fleischm. | 2023 | Australia | ||
| Drosera macrophylla | Lindl. | 1839 | Showy sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera madagascariensis | DC. | 1824 | Africa | ||
| Drosera magna | Lowrie | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera magnifica | 2015 | Brazil | |||
| Drosera major | Lowrie | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera mannii | Cheek | 1990 | Australia | ||
| Drosera marchantii | DeBuhr | 1975 | Australia | ||
| Drosera margaritacea | T.Krueger & A.Fleischm. | 2021 | Australia | ||
| Drosera menziesii | R.Br. ex DC. | 1824 | Pink rainbow | Australia | |
| Drosera meristocaulis | Maguire & Wurdack | 1957 | Venezuela | ||
| Drosera micra | Lowrie & Conran | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera micrantha | Lehm. | 1844 | Australia | ||
| Drosera microphylla | Endl. | 1837 | Golden rainbow | Australia | |
| Drosera microscapa | Debbert | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera miniata | Diels | 1904 | Orange sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera minutiflora | Planch. | 1848 | Australia | ||
| Drosera modesta | Diels | 1904 | Modest rainbow | Australia | |
| Drosera monantha | Lowrie | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera montana | A.St.-Hil. | 1824 | Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela | ||
| Drosera monticola | Lowrie | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera moorei | Lowrie | 1999 | Australia | ||
| Drosera murfetii | Lowrie | 2014 | Australia | ||
| Drosera myriantha | Planch. | 1848 | Star rainbow, starry sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera nana | Lowrie | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera natalensis | Diels | 1906 | Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa | ||
| Drosera neesii | Lehm. | 1844 | Jewel rainbow | Australia | |
| Drosera neocaledonica | Raym.-Hamet | 1906 | New Caledonia | ||
| Drosera nidiformis | Debbert | 1991 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera nitidula | Planch. | 1848 | Shining sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera nivea | Lowrie & Carlquist | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera oblanceolata | Y.Z.Ruan | 1981 | China | ||
| Drosera × obovata | Mert. & W.D.J.Koch | 1826 | Northern Hemisphere | ||
| Drosera occidentalis | Morrison | 1912 | Western sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera omissa | Diels | 1906 | Bright sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera orbiculata | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera ordensis | Lowrie | 1994 | Australia | ||
| Drosera oreopodion | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera paleacea | DC. | 1824 | Dwarf sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera pallida | Lindl. | 1839 | Pale rainbow | Australia | |
| Drosera paradoxa | Lowrie | 1997 | Australia | ||
| Drosera patens | Lowrie & Conran | 2007 | Australia | ||
| Drosera pauciflora | Banks ex DC. | 1824 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera pedicellaris | Lowrie | 2002 | Australia | ||
| Drosera peltata | Thunb. | 1797 | Shield sundew, pale sundew | Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia | |
| Drosera peruensis | T.R.S.Silva & M.D.Correa | 2002 | Peru | ||
| Drosera petiolaris | R.Br. ex DC. | 1824 | Larmi | Australia, New Guinea | |
| Drosera pilosa | Exell & Laundon | 1956 | Cameroon, Guinea, Kenya, Tanzania | ||
| Drosera × pingellyensis | Lowrie & Conran | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera planchonii | Hook. | 1848 | Climbing sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera platypoda | Turcz. | 1854 | Fan-leaved sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera platystigma | Lehm. | 1844 | Black-eyed sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera porrecta | Lehm. | 1844 | Australia | ||
| Drosera praefolia | Tepper | 1892 | Australia | ||
| Drosera prolifera | C.T.White | 1940 | Australia | ||
| Drosera prophylla | Lowrie | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera prostrata | Lowrie | 2005 | Australia | ||
| Drosera prostratoscaposa | Lowrie & Carlquist | 1990 | Australia | ||
| Drosera pulchella | Lehm. | 1844 | Pretty sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera purpurascens | Schlotth. | 1856 | Australia | ||
| Drosera pycnoblasta | Diels | 1904 | Pearly sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera pygmaea | DC. | 1824 | Australia, New Zealand | ||
| Drosera quartzicola | Rivadavia & Gonella | 2011 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera radicans | N.G.Marchant | 1982 | Australia | ||
| Drosera ramellosa | Lehm. | 1844 | Branched sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera ramentacea | Burch. ex DC. | 1824 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera rechingeri | Strid | 1987 | Australia | ||
| Drosera reflexa | Bourke & A.S.Rob. | 2023 | Australia | ||
| Drosera regia | Stephens | 1926 | King sundew | South Africa | |
| Drosera riparia | Gonella & Rivadavia | 2014 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera roraimae | Maguire & Laundon | 1957 | Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela | ||
| Drosera roseana | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera rosulata | Lehm. | 1844 | Australia | ||
| Drosera rotundifolia | L. | 1753 | Common sundew, round-leaved sundew | circumboreal North America, Europe, Asia | |
| Drosera rubricalyx | T.Krueger & A.Fleischm. | 2023 | Australia | ||
| Drosera rubrifolia | Debbert | 2002 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera rupicola | Lowrie | 2005 | Australia | ||
| Drosera salina | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera sargentii | Lowrie & N.G.Marchant | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera schizandra | Diels | 1906 | Australia | ||
| Drosera schmutzii | Lowrie & Conran | 2008 | Australia | ||
| Drosera schwackei | Rivadavia | 2008 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera scorpioides | Planch. | 1848 | Shaggy sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera serpens | Planch. | 1848 | SE Asia, Australia | ||
| Drosera sessilifolia | A.St.-Hil. | 1824 | Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela | ||
| Drosera sewelliae | Diels | 1904 | Red woolly sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera × sidjamesii | Lowrie & Conran | 2007 | Australia | ||
| Drosera silvicola | Lowrie & Carlquist | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera slackii | Cheek | 1987 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera solaris | A.Fleischm., Wistuba & S.McPherson | 2007 | Guyana | ||
| Drosera spatulata | Labill. | 1804 | Spoon-leaved sundew | Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia | |
| Drosera spilos | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera spiralis | A.St.-Hil. | 1826 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera spirocalyx | Rivadavia & Gonella | 2014 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera squamosa | Benth. | 1864 | Australia | ||
| Drosera stelliflora | Lowrie & Carlquist | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera stenopetala | Hook.f. | 1853 | New Zealand | ||
| Drosera stipularis | Baleeiro, R.W.Jobson & R.L.Barrett | 2020 | Australia | ||
| Drosera stolonifera | Endl. | 1837 | Leafy sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera stricticaulis | O.H.Sarg. | 1913 | Erect sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera subhirtella | Planch. | 1848 | Sunny rainbow | Australia | |
| Drosera subtilis | N.G.Marchant | 1982 | Australia | ||
| Drosera sulphurea | Lehm. | 1844 | Sulphur-flowered sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera tentaculata | Rivadavia | 2003 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera thysanosepala | Diels | 1906 | Australia | ||
| Drosera tokaiensis | T.Nakamura & K.Ueda | 1991 | Japan | ||
| Drosera tomentosa | A.St.-Hil. | 1824 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera tracyi | Macfarl. | 1914 | USA | ||
| Drosera trichocaulis | Lowrie & Conran | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera trinervia | Spreng. | 1820 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera tubaestylis | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera ultramafica | A.Fleischm., A.S.Rob. & S.McPherson | 2011 | Ultramafic-growing sundew | Malesia | |
| Drosera uniflora | Willd. | 1809 | Argentina, Chile, Falkland Islands | ||
| Drosera venusta | Debbert | 1987 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera verrucata | Lowrie & Conran | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera villosa | A.St.-Hil. | 1826 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera viridis | Rivadavia | 2003 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera walyunga | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera whittakeri | Planch. | 1848 | Scented sundew, Whittaker's sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera × woodii | R.Gauthier & Gervais | 1999 | North America | ||
| Drosera xerophila | A.Fleischm. | 2018 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera yilgarnensis | R.P.Gibson & B.J.Conn | 2012 | Australia | ||
| Drosera yutajensis | R.Duno & Culham | 1995 | Venezuela | ||
| Drosera zeyheri | Salter | 1940 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera zigzagia | Lowrie | 1999 | Australia | ||
| Drosera zonaria | Planch. | 1848 | Painted sundew | Australia |